how to pronounce stanza

/ˈstæn.zə/

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stanza is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of stanza in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in the third stanza but the ash grove of …”

meanings of stanza

noun:

A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
An apartment or division in a building.
A segment; a portion of a broadcast devoted to a particular topic.
A period; an interval into which a sporting event is divided.
An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.

stanza frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word stanza occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics stanza can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that stanza can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;